Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-07-02
DEVIL CEASERS AND COLORED
LIGHTS.
The Noisy Fire-Cracker. the Small
Boy and the POlice-A Talk With a
Dealer i'm Fife.WOrks-The Baby.
Cracker.

The smaller the boy the bigger the fre-cracker;
the bigger the policeman the smaller the boy The
boy frightens the horse, and the policeman fright
ems the boy nearly out OF his senses. Between
the horses and the policemen, the Fourth has a
hard struggle TO keep up its noisy existence. An
effort has been made In many quarters TO awaken
the old-time glorieS of the Fourth OF July this
year, but the idea has been TO conf1ne the pa
triotic outbursts 70 Speech-making, shouting and
banqueting. So persistent has been the war on
fireworks In Washington that they are sold in not
more than hundred places, and these are gen.
orally little penny-candy stores, where they are
Sold in small quantities.
THE sale this year appears to be smaller than
usual SAID q wholesale dealer in fireworks TO q
STAR reporter. 1T Is due chiefly, think to the
police having tried 10 give the impression that the
sale would be suppressed In fact there is no
regulation against the sale fireworks: IL Is only
against their discharge upon the street Last
year We got In large stock and owing to the rig
orous police regulations. did not sell more than
half This year we have made no such preDara-
tons Thus far the sales have not been large
put presume saturday night there will be a rush
Ior nre-crackerS and Roman candles. The trouble
about the discharge OF fireworks is that IL begins
with the nre-crackers about a week before the
1Garsn and lasts as long after do not think the
police would De apt To disturb any for shooting
crackers or Roman candles burning colored lights
on the Fourth proper. On That one day do not
think they Will De- strict. The fact is that when
man takes his horse out on the Fourth he knows
what TO expect, but he does like TO be taken by
surprise on any day, at the most inOppoTtune mo-
ment, by a bunch OF ire-crackers bursting under
his horse. But patriotism permits noisy Fourth
and do not think the police Will interfere with its
celebration within reason. Most OF the Senators
and Representatives who are In town are buying
nre-crackers, Roman candles, pin-wheels devil
chalsers, red lights, and rockets as II preparing
Tor q regular od-time Fourth of July Upon the
whole, however, the sales are limited
us there anything new In 1re-works?r asked the
reporter.
NO; that is, only thing Here ara some
baOy nre-crackers that are Just out but the sup
ply Is all exhausted, 50 that none are on sale- He
heIo up a bunch OF crackers" any one OF which
could oc rolled in a postage stamp.
81 Reoe, ne said, ..aTe intended for little chill
dren- They make quite loud report but can do
10 harm. They hold them Ia their fingers so and
shoot them-ln the house, If they want to- And
ne dl5cnsrSed Two or three TO show how they
Wert. The report Was sharp, but it would never
1rsAten a horse.
These were 50 popular he said shat they
were nearly all sold out In New York before they
got mere nave only two packs, that were sent as a
present. and unfortunately cannot get any
more In time. They VIII probably take the place
Ci the more dangerous Cracker Aside from this
they are the same old thngs-nre-crackers big and
Hre-eracker3 small, rockets, pin-wheels, Roman
candles red, green and blue lights devil chasers
grasshopperA II Is the same Old thing only that
the rockets and Roman candies are made prettier
Stch year. The most popular fireworks are the
Roman candles, the colored lights and the noisy
Gre-crackerS"